{"id":"CVE-2026-16338","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-16338","generatedAt":"2026-09-20T15:03:26.077Z","title":"IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 IBM DataStage could allow a remote authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file write due to improper validation of file paths.","description":"IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 IBM DataStage could allow a remote authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file write due to improper validation of file paths.","published":"2026-09-14T20:16:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-16T19:22:23.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-73"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00613,"percentile":0.47972,"date":"2026-09-19","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286562","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16338","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}